linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv8 0/5] Driver for new "VMD" device

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Message-ID: <20160115220631.GA14080@localhost>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:06:31 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:	"Derrick, Jonathan" <jonathan.derrick@...el.com>
Cc:	"Busch, Keith" <keith.busch@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	"Veal, Bryan E" <bryan.e.veal@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 0/5] Driver for new "VMD" device

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 07:48:11PM +0000, Derrick, Jonathan wrote:
> Additionally, what are your thoughts of moving the menuconfig option from the root-tier to 'Processor Type and Features'?

I don't know how Intel is going to market this feature, but from a
developer point of view, the code looks more like the PCI host bridge
drivers in drivers/pci/host than it does like a processor feature.
Most of those drivers are specific to a particular architecture or
SoC.

Bjorn